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Re: SW price comparisons.....
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Date: 
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 08:01:47 GMT
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 21:06:03 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following
profundities...
In lugnet.loc.uk, Richard Dee writes:
Compiled from availability reports.....

Tesco is the place to go for Speederbikes and Landspeeders.
£1<LLW
TRU is the place to go for Y-wing vs TIE and Snowspeeder
£2<LLW (TIE)  £=LLW (SS)
Beatties for x-wing
£=LLW

The worst place has to be the shop in the Howard centre in Welwyn
Garden City.
Tie-tighter/Y Wing £44.
X-Wing £29

I'd have to say even at the best prices that have been quoted
the SW sets strike me as pretty rip-off level prices.
For example, sets in the £35-£40 range over the last
couple of years have included
both the last two town police stations - both quite a lot
bigger than the tie fighter set.

Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com

If it makes anyone feel any better, take away the VAT and they
are only $2 more than US S@H prices......
Sadly, we don't have the benefit of currently running 20% off
sales.
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(...) The worst place has to be the shop in the Howard centre in Welwyn Garden City. Tie-tighter/Y Wing £44. X-Wing £29 I'd have to say even at the best prices that have been quoted the SW sets strike me as pretty rip-off level prices. For example, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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